North Tama junior Josh Dostal (5) looks to pass in front of Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s Isaac Clark during the first half of last Thursday’s basketball game in Reinbeck. PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER

REINBECK — Extra effort went a long way for Drew Eilers and the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys basketball team on Thursday.

Eilers scored a career-high 25 points and the Rebels sprinted past North Tama, 83-39, at G-R High School.

G-R moved to 6-3 and North Tama dropped to 4-6.

The Rebels never trailed, leading 19-9 at the end of the first quarter and going on a 13-2 run to start the second quarter to really put the Redhawks out of reach.

Jared Dvorak led the Redhawks with 14 points, including four 3-point baskets. Kayler Morris added 10 points.

“They put it on us tonight,” North Tama head coach Ryan Ridout said. “But I’m giving our guys high-fives after that because this is some of the hardest basketball they’ve played all year. G-R’s just a really, really disciplined basketball team, they’re big, physical and our kids did our best to try and match that.”

The holidays couldn’t come at a better time for the Redhawks, on a five-game losing skid.

“We need the break,” Ridout said. “We’re beat up a little bit, we’ve got some guys with sprained ankles, things like that, so I think that break will help get us fresh and get us started.”